Sources from Brak Shaati in southern Libya told Libya Al-Ahrar TV Channel Saturday that explosions had been heard at the military base.
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Angry Fezzan HoR members suspend HoR membership over region’s woes
A number of members of the House of Representatives (HoR) from the south of the country have suspended their membership in protest over the on-going blackouts in region as well as the lack of fuel and cooking gas. They claim that while the power shortages in and around Tripoli have …
Hafter appoints southern security committee
Khalifa Haftar, The head of the Libyan National Army has appointed an 11-man committee to negotiate with tribes and elders in the south of the country, Fezzan, to end the instability there. The committee, made up of southerners, is also charged with creating a united army out of the various …
10 آلاف عسكري جزائري لمكافحة “الإرهاب” على حدود ليبيا
قال مصدر أمني جزائري إن قوة من الجيش قوامها 10 آلاف عسكري بدأت عملية تمشيط واسعة عبر سلسلة جبلية تقع على الحدود مع ليبيا، بحثاً عن عناصر “إرهابية”، وكذا تأمين موسم السياحة الصحراوية الذي انطلق مطلع الشهر الجاري.
Algeria to reopen borders with Libya
Algeria is keen on reopening all land borders with Libya in the few coming days, Algerian Al-Khabar newspaper has reported, pointing out that the Algerian government has already begun with the technical preparations necessary for the reopening. The borders have been closed for a year and a half now for security reasons.
Algeria raises alert level along border with Libya
The Algerian army has raised its state of alert along the border with Libya after ISIS-inspired militants took control of areas in west Libya close to the border with Algeria, an Algerian security source said on Wednesday.
Migrants bound for Europe create crisis in Libya’s southern deserts
In a hospital trauma ward in downtown Sebha, a decrepit city that’s a major migrant-smuggling hub in southern Libya, a man from Niger lay in a stupor, suffering from multiple fractures and a gangrened limb. He’d been here a week, since he was rescued from the Sahara after the vehicle …
A new walled border for Algeria and Libya?
Amid heightened security on the Algerian side of the border, Libyan and Algerian news outlets are awash with reports that a 120 kilometre-long electric fence is to be built between the North African neighbours.
Algeria plans fence on Libyan border while hoping to mediate between Libyan protagonists
Algeria is looking to the possibility of erecting an electronic fence along Libya border because of concerns about the movement of terrorists and arms from Libya.